ApocaDocs: It's best to avoid BPA, federal official says

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Posted Sat Dec 12 2009: from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:


	It's best to avoid BPA, federal official says http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1260635527 The head of the primary federal agency studying the safety of bisphenol A said Friday that people should avoid ingesting the chemical - especially pregnant women, infants and children. "There are plenty of reasonable alternatives," said Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, in an interview with the Journal Sentinel. While stressing she is not a medical doctor, Birnbaum said she has seen enough studies on the chemical to be concerned about its effects on human health... Asked if consumers should be worried about BPA, Birnbaum said, "Absolutely."

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'Doc Jim says:

Then what are we grown men? Chopped liver?